Button case and exhibitor



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v To all whom it may concern.-

UN TED STATES PATENT OF ICE.

JOHN HENRY MORSE, OF SHADY GROVE, KENTUCKY.

BUTTON CASE AND EXHIBITOR.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 418,808, dated January7, 1890.

Application filed August 15, 1889. Serial No. 320,871. (No model.)

Be it known that -I, J OHN HENRYMORS-E, a citizen of the United Stat-es,residing at Shady Grove, in the county of Grittenden and State ofKentucky, have invented a new and useful Button Case and Exhibitor, ofwhich the following is a specification.

This invention has relation to a button case and exhibitor; and theobjects and ad- 10' vantages of the same will hereinafter appear, and beparticularly pointed out in the claims. 1

Referring to the drawings, Figure 1 is a perspective of a button caseandexhibitor constructed in accordance with my invention. Fig. 2 is anenlarged perspective of the front panel of one of the drawers; Fig. 3, asimilar view wrth the front plate removed; Fig. 4:, a transversesection; Fig. 5, a detached view of the front plate. A

Like numerals of reference indicate like parts in all the figures of thedrawings.

In practicing my invention I construct the case of any desireddimensions and construction, and do not limit my invention in thisregard. In this instance the case consists of opposite side walls 1, atop 2, and a front wall,

in which is formed any desired number of drawer-receiving openings 4.,provided with the usual slidesf. In these openings are mounted drawers6, the front walls 7 of which are provided with a square shallow recess8*, and over the front walls are mounted a front plate 8, having anopening 10-in this instance U shapedand extending from its upper edgeinwardly, registering with the shallow recess, but being slightlysmaller, so that in conjunction with the recess a pocket 9 is formed.The front plate of each drawer may be of sheet metal or veneer, asdesired, and I provide each with an ordinary drawer-pull or knob 10. Inthis instance I provide three series of four drawers each, and below thesame provide a larger drawer ll. Each of the drawers is intended tocontain a dozen cards of buttons, and is of a size adapted for theirreception.

A removable card 12 is inserted in each of the pockets 9, and upon saidcard is mounted a button of the style contained in that drawer, so thatthe usual piling of boxes one upon another and a disturbance of theentire tier for the purpose of removing or securing access to vide' theshallow recess with a vertical groove 13, centrally located in the faceof the recess 8*, and thus permit of the insertion of a sam- Havingdescribed my invention, what I claim is 1. A drawer the outer surface ofthe front panel of which is provided with a shallow recess open at oneend and formed near the edge of the panel, and a plate mounted over thepanel and having a recess smaller than and registering with the'recessin the panel and form-ing a pocket adapted to receive a card,substantially as specified.

2. A drawer the outer surface of the front panel of which is providedwith a shallow recess and a superimposed plate having a smallerrecessextending from its upper edge, registering with and overlappingthe shallow recess of the panel and forming a pocket, and a cardinserted in the pocket and bearing a sample of the contents of thedrawer, substantially as specified.

3. A drawer the front panel of which is provided with a shallow recesshaving a central groove, a plate mounted over the panel and having anopening registering with and extending beyond the-edge of l the recessforming a pocket, and a card mounted in the pocket, and a button mountedon the card, the shank of the same extending through the card and intothe groove, substantially as specified.

4. The combination, with a case having a series of drawer-openings, of aseries of drawers mounted in the openings, the outer surface of thefront panels of each of which is provided with shallow recesses andsuperim-

